I took my red tegu to the vet on Monday. I was taking her in for a check up. I didn't think anything was wrong with her except for being fat. My hope was to get some advice from the vet on bringing her weight down. Instead, what they found was that she isn't fat at all, she's full of fluid. So much fluid it was compressing her lungs and intestines, approximately 500ml. We brought her back yesterday and they drained about 300ml of the fluid. Her behavior in no way indicated anything was wrong.
In addition to the fluid, the ultrasound revealed numerous cysts on the abdominal wall. They're running cytology on the fluid in the abdominal cavity and fluid drawn directly from the cysts. I should get the results back today. They have a couple theories as to what may be going on, but hopefully they'll have something definitive when the test results come back. Their theories as to what it may be are a.) parasite b.) problem with ovaries c.) cancer.
Below are the ultrasound images. If anyone has any ideas, or has seen this before, let me know.
Liver 1
GB
Liver 2
Liver 3
Liver 4
Liver 5
Celomic Cavity 1
Celomic Cavity 2
Celomic Cavity 3
Celomic Cavity 4
Left Ovary
SI 1
SI 2
Spleen
Abdomen 1
Abdomen 2
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